Amanita

Word AMANITA
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Hyphenation am a ni ta
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Definitions and meanings of "Amanita"

What do we mean by amanita?

Any of various mushrooms in the genus Amanita, many of which are extremely poisonous. Amanitas have white spores and usually a ring around the stalk and a rounded bulb at the base. noun

In mycology, a genus of fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, restricted by recent authors to white-spored species having the stem provided with both an annulus, or ring, and a volva. Over 50 species have been described, a number of which are common and widely distributed throughout temperate regions. noun

lowercase A plant of this genus. noun

A genus of poisonous fungi of the family Agaricaceæ, characterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and Agaricus phalloides is the death cup (or death cap). noun

Any of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous noun

Genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores and are poisonous with few exceptions noun

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The word "amanita" in example sentences

The man had picked poisonous amanita ocreata mushrooms, which are common in the Santa Barbara area, at the Douglas Family Preserve above Arroyo Burro Beach. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Just two months ago, the Chronicle reported on three members of a Bay Area family — a grandmother and two preteen boys — that had been hospitalized after harvesting and eating amanita phalloida (aka “death cap”) mushrooms, a sister species to the kind that killed the Santa Barbara octogenarian. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I wanted to believe it was a love potion but … could that dried bit have been amanita? ❋ Elle Newmark (2008)

The Jew said, Maybe the word is ‘amanita,’ a poisonous mushroom. ❋ Elle Newmark (2008)

Milk thistle has been used as an effective treatment for amanita mushroom poisoning, which kills its victim by destroying the liver. ❋ Earl Mindell (2008)

The death cap amanita phalloides looks a lot like a field mushroom and didn't get its name for nothing. ❋ Unknown (2006)

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